AP Language Vocabulary Week 1 Flashcards

7484243494	Allusion	A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or something that happened	0
7484243495	Epithet	An adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject (noun) by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject	1
7484243496	Metonymy	A figure of speech that is another form of metaphor, very similar to synecdoche (and, in fact, some rhetoricians do not distinguish between the two), in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with (but not an actual part of) the subject with which it is to be compared	2
7484243497	Dysphemism	A figure of speech which is defined as the use of disparaging or offensive expressions instead of inoffensive ones. The use of negative expressions instead of positive ones. Opposite of euphemism	3
7484243498	Fallacy of Division	Inferring that something is true of one or more of the parts from the fact that it is true of the whole	4
7484243499	Litote	A figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, a particular form of understatement, generated by denying the opposite or contrary of the word which otherwise would be used	5
7484243500	License	1.) A permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade. Formal or official permission to do something 2.) Freedom to deviate from fact or from conventions such as grammar, meter, or perspective, for effect 3.) Freedom to behave as one wishes, especially in a way that results in excessive or unacceptable behavior 4.) An excuse to do something wrong 5.) To authorize the use, performance, or release of...	6
7484243501	Gravity	1.) The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass 2.) Extreme or alarming importance; seriousness	7
7484243502	Temper	1.) A person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm 2.) The degree of hardness and elasticity in steel or other metal 3.) To improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it 4.) To serve as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something) 5.) To tune so as to make the tones available in different keys or tonalities	8